Monthly Archives: April 2008

by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady The thoroughbreds that race in most rodeos have nothing on these entrants. The best and the brightest, the newest and most novel are all at the Texas Truck Rodeo. They strut their stuff because the (more)

by Jeff Gottesman I’m a fan of “Star Trek.” I start out by saying this because ever since Bluetooth Headsets appeared on the market I resisted the urge. Why? Something about people standing in elevators, walking down the street, waiting (more)

So went the advertisement … with the ‘Three’ being a sprinter leaping from the line, just as the newly announced BMW 3-Series was released onto the market. The Bavarian carmaker doesn’t name its models as other makers do for their (more)

Some people love Rock Stars. Others worship gourmet chefs. But recently I discovered a whole new category of Hero Worship. HOW I BECAME AN OFF- ROAD GROUPIE I was invited by Nissan to drive their trucks in rugged Texas (more)

Some women go to singles bars. Others walk their dog in a prominent park. Art gallery openings are also a way that has been recommended to me for meeting men. But nothing can beat the attention you get (more)

Just 23 miles of freeway lie between my home and the past – the Forney transportation museum just north of Denver. Those 23 miles of the present-day motoring public and their motoring habits provided a graphic contrast to the past (more)

The time was exactly fifty years ago but conditions have not changed a great deal although shuttle busses are the order-of-the-day now. An excerpt from the National Park Service’s web site says of South Rim. Canyon View Information Plaza is (more)

If you cannot afford to buy a new car in Munich to drive around Europe before shipping it home as your own, at least you can rent one for your next European vacation. It’s certainly the next best thing and (more)

A smart-phone that helps you travel We were driving on U.S. 1 from Key West to the Miami Airport after a week of sun and tennis and Caribbean food and wanted to stop along the way at a restaurant (more)